The Olytis Book Club
One book a month. A few pages a week. One evening together.
Each month we read one book from the Rose Library together, slowly, a little each week. Members share what they notice on the discussion board, then we gather on the last Sunday of the month for an hour-long call to untie the knots the book left us with. No experience needed, no cost, and you never have to speak if you'd rather listen.
The Kybalion
Three Initiates · 1908
A small book with a big claim: that seven principles quietly run everything, from the stars to your own moods. We'll test it against our own lives.
How it works
- Read the week's pagesFree in the Rose Library.
- Answer the week's questionOn the members' board, or just read what others found.
- Join the monthly callOn the last Sunday, 7 PM Eastern, by phone or browser.
The reading plan
A few pages a week. Each week’s question is pinned on the members’ board.
- Week 1Nov 2–8
Introduction and Chapters I–III (The Hermetic Philosophy, The Seven Hermetic Principles, Mental Transmutation)
“The All is Mind; the Universe is Mental.” Where this week did a thought you held change what actually happened?
- Week 2Nov 9–15
Chapters IV–VIII (The All, through Planes of Correspondence)
“As above, so below.” Pick one small pattern in your day and find its larger echo. What did it show you?
- Week 3Nov 16–22
Chapters IX–XII (Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Causation)
Polarity says opposites are the same thing in different degrees. Name one fear or frustration and the quality on its other end. How might you move up the scale?
- Week 4Nov 23–29
Chapters XIII–XV (Gender, Mental Gender, Hermetic Axioms)
Which of the seven principles do you most want to work with next month, and how will you practice it?
The Seven Keys
Sun Nov 29 · 7–8 PM ET
Which principle opened something for you?
One call a month on the last Sunday, 7–8 PM ET. It takes the place of that week's Study Circle, so there is one call that week, not two. Dial in from any phone, or join in your browser.
Upcoming books
All free in the Rose Library. One book a month, with a call on the last Sunday.
- November 2026 · this monthThe KybalionA small book with a big claim: that seven principles quietly run everything, from the stars to your own moods. We'll test it against our own lives.Call: Sunday Nov 29, 7 PM ET · Read it free
- December 2026The Emerald Tablet + The Divine PymanderThe Kybalion's sources: short and deep, good for the holiday month.Call: Sunday Dec 27, 7 PM ET · The Emerald Tablet · The Divine Pymander Alternate: Corpus Hermeticum
- January 2027Fama Fraternitatis + Confessio FraternitatisThe Rosicrucian manifestos: a fresh-year call to the work.Call: Sunday Jan 31, 7 PM ET · Fama Fraternitatis · Confessio Fraternitatis
- February 2027The Chymical Wedding of Christian RosenkreutzThe third Rosicrucian text, right after the manifestos: seven days, read as an inner journey.Call: Sunday Feb 28, 7 PM ET · Read it free
- March 2027Light on the PathPractical rules for the inner life.Call: Sunday Mar 28, 7 PM ET · Read it free
- April 2027The Gospel of ThomasThe Gnostic spark: sayings to sit with.Call: Sunday Apr 25, 7 PM ET · Read it free
Be kind, be brief, be honest. We're here to understand, not to win. Quote the page you're talking about so others can find it.
In the Light,
Olytis